Anniversaries and Ballots
5 years ago
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
3rd or 4th that is the question
Where to bat Mark Teixiera is the big question now. Joe Girardi was asked this question yesterday at the press conference and said he has some idea but wants to meet with all the coaches and players next month when they reach Tampa for Spring Training. I personally think Arod should bat 3rd with Tex protecting him in the clean up spot. I wonder though would Arod be insulted by this, i dont think he would and hope he wouldn't. I am sure people have many opinions on this and would like to hear what you think on this, please comment on this and im sure we can have a great discussion on it. If you go over to the http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com they are having a debate over this. Sam Borden of the Journal news and Rick Carpinello are the participants in this debate. I am sure Girardi will look at the stats and Tex does have better numbers batting 3rd and of course was unbelievable in that spot in front of Vlad Guerrero when he got traded to the Angels last year. Manny got all the attention but he batted over 350 himself and over 400 in the playoffs.
Here are the career splits batting 3rd and 4th. Batting third 311BA,,293RBI,394obp,573slugging
Batting 4th-278BA,77HR,247rbi,378obp,523slugging. He does have 123 more at bats in his career batting 3rd.
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Absolutely right -- protect ARod with Teixiera and watch both of them prosper.
ReplyDeleteToo bad for the Yankees neither of them can pitch.
Yeah but CC,AJ and Wang will take care of that, not to mention Joba. They also have a very good bullpen, with MO,Bruney,Marte
ReplyDeleteI definitely like ARod batting 3rd and Tex batting 4th. With that protection, ARod should be back to his MVP ways especially during the playoffs.
ReplyDeleteHey another one that agrees with me, this is great, check out the link i have up and most people are going the other way on this one.
ReplyDeleteYeah you guys are wrong, the Yanks should bat Tex 3rd and Arod 4th, look how he did batting 3rd for the angels with Guerrero behind him.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, hiding behind that tag. YOu are probably a boston fan or something. It is true he did great with Vlad behind him, but Arod needs the protection and needs that extra at bat, get him up right away in the first inning.
ReplyDeleteIm a Yankees fan and i just think thats the way it should be, i disagree with you guys. As for Joe, the Yanks have more then enough pitching now.
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